Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General. Pierce was appointed by Congress for settling the pay accounts of the Revolutionary War Army. States that he does not know the proper authority for particular actions.

Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General. Pierce was appointed by Congress for settling the pay accounts of the Revolutionary War Army. States at the end of the letter that he will be responsible for certain payments.

The Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General responds to Colonel Morgan's request for pay for his service during the Revolutionary War. Mentions an act of Congress published in newspapers across the country, making the demands of the army public.

From the letter book of Joseph Howell, Assistant Commissioner of Army Accounts in the Board of Treasury's Office of Army Accounts. Discusses an account, the state of public securities, and a particular certificate issued to a Jeremiah Trexter.